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A patient went to the doctor for cataract surgery, but her physicians were surprised to find a huge, foreign mass under her eyelid.

A display of auroras is expected to light up the skies on Christmas Day, thanks to a powerful M8.9 solar flare enroute to Earth.

After years of rising obesity rates in the US, the numbers dipped slightly during 2023, though experts disagree about the exact cause

From bloodsucking fly mites to fish being swallowed whole, photographers get up close and personal with an array of animals in this year's shortlisted entries for the Close-up Photographer of the Year 2024.

An excavation of three Viking graves in Norway reveals beads, coin jewelry and a stone carved to look like female genitalia.

Here are our biggest archeology stories of 2024.

Life expectancy prediction using data collected over four decades reveals southern right whales' exceptionally long lives -- far longer than scientists previously thought.

The teeth of dolphins and other toothed whales are connected to a uniquely thick bundle of nerve fibres, which might play a role in sound detection

The James Webb Space Telescope has caught a napping monster black hole in the early universe. The cosmic giant is slumbering after a massive meal like a reveler on Christmas Day.